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This work was supported by a grant from the NIH and by the endowment of the Eric and Lila Nelson Chair in Neuropharmacology. We thank D. Knauer for help with iodinations, R. Reinscheid for editorial assistance and S. Lin for helpful discussions.
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Nothacker, HP., Wang, Z., McNeill, A. et al. Identification of the natural ligand of an orphan G-protein-coupled receptor involved in the regulation of vasoconstriction. Nat Cell Biol 1, 383–385 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/14081
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